So...Is it Good?: BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V.E. Schwab
Rebecca Schinksy, Vanessa Diaz, and Danika Ellis go deep on V.E. Schwab's highly anticipated new book to answer the question: So, is it good?
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab
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1:04:24
AI Disasters, Amazon's Best Books of the Year So Far, and More Book News
Danika Ellis joins Jeff to talk about a spate of book-related AI disasters, Amazon's list of the best books of the year, Michelle Obama's recently-announced book, and much more.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Book Riot Live at Powell’s July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far)
Book Riot’s In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters
Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge
Salman Rushdie’s attacker sentenced to 25 years
Chicago Sun-Times runs AI-generated summer reading list w/ fake books
And business insider thing too
AI clone books showing up on amazon:
Amazon’s Best Books of the Year & Goodreads most popular books of the year so far
Michelle Obama’s new book
The Two Kinds of Book Auctions
James Cameron to adapt THE DEVILS
13 Signs You Used ChatGPT to Write
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58:52
Jeff’s “I Wish I Could Read All Day” Books of June 2025
This episode comes over from the First Edition feed: Jeff solos his way through listing a bunch of books coming in June that, were time and space no object, would go on the TBR for sure.
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Discussed in this episode:
The Book Riot Podcast
The Book Riot Podcast Live at Powell’s on July 9th, 2025
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38:11
The Beach Read Episode
Jeff is joined by Book Riot editors Danika Ellis and Erica Ezeifedi to talk about what makes a beach read, beach reads picks, and memorable beach reading moments.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Book Riot Live at Powell's July 9th: The Best Books of the Year (so far)
The Best Beach Reads of All Time
The Hey YA Podcast
Book Riot's In the Club, In Reading Color, and Our Queerest Shelves Newsletters
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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58:30
Recent Reading and Some Media Diet Updates [Teaser]
This is a bonus preview of the Book Riot Podcast's most recent Patreon-only episode. Jeff and Rebecca catch up with each other's recent reading and give some non-book media takes. For example: Fountain of Youth. Woof.
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